Who are your favorite trusted on-line vendors?

[LeslieP]

A friend of mine on in San Francisco lost his reef in a house fire a few years back and he's beginning to get the bug again. Having been out of the hobby for a while, he wanted to know what on-line vendors w trust for high quality stock . Thanks for reading.

 

[JerSaint]

I'm a big fan of Frag Freaks they have good stuff and are really cool guys(met them at ffm). Also really like ReefGen stuff which he could get from Unique Corals.

 

[svogun]

Big fan of blue zoo aquatics and vividaquariums for livestock

 

[sassAwrasse]

AquaSD is top notch, and they are not too far from him (San Diego).

 

[LeslieP]

These are great, thanks! I don't really do on line ordering for corals so this is a big help

 

[gar732]

If he is looking for sticks battle corals and reef pets are my favorite. Great pieces, great prices, great customer service, and great shipping procedures.

 

[Triggreef]

AquaSD is top notch, and they are not too far from him (San Diego).

Aquasd also does a live sale every weekend on r2r almost. They move alot of livestock so they are very competitively priced and get some nice goodies.

Liveaquaria and divers den although I recently had a not so good experience with them, however they did credit me after I called. I'm hoping the petco merger doesn't destroy them.

stay away from anything that ends in "2go" or begins with "Mr." and you should be fine.

 

[ptreef]

bluezooaquatics.com
liveaquaria.com
saltwaterfish.com

 

[bneufelder]

LiveAquaria is top notch for sure.

 

[Jayman]

Tank Raised Soft Corals, Soft Coral For Sale, Hard Corals, Saltwater Reef Fish & Inverts For Sale

 

[iloveswfish]

i have good results with cultivated reef and great shipping rates

 

[betelgeuse]

Saltwaterfish... Got all of my live rock from them

 

[lyrical]

(sorry for off topic could someone clue me in about the Live Aquaria / Petco merger either here or PM please?)

 

[ca1ore]

(sorry for off topic could someone clue me in about the Live Aquaria / Petco merger either here or PM please?)

Not all that much to be said, actually. Lots of posturing and pontificating, but pretty much zero impact. OK, LA/DD purchases now charge sales tax, but that was likely to happen regardless (plus you do pay use tax, right )

 

[JerryO]

I like LiveAquaria for fish and a few corals, but their corals are a little on the blah side.

 

[JimWelsh]

Liveaquaria
Saltwaterfish
Uniquecorals

 

[Sangheili]

Best sticks:

Battlecorals
Cherrycorals


Best cust service and guarantee:
Liveaquaria
UniqueCorals



It has been my experience that price is directly correlated to the level of customer service and the quality of the corals. Seems like the cheaper I go the more they don't match the photos and the more difficult it is to get a credit/refund.

 

[kacrocorals581]

JoeKnowsReefs and battle corals got stuff from them for yrs and never a problem highly recommend

 

[K SEE]

Cherry corals. Got an order today that got delayed an extra day by the shipper. All corals are still in perfect condition and all are acros.

 

[PRomero]

Mike from sexy corals always hooks it up, you'll love his sexy box sales he has every now and again, its always filled with super bright corals.